by Abriel | Jun 19, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
Migrant Matters, a volunteer group, organised their third official outreach to migrant workers by conducting a distribution of food, clothes and other basic necessities at Punggol Dormitory on 18 June 2017. Since early this month, the group began collecting donated...
by Abriel | Jun 16, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
For the past five years, a Residents’ Committee (RC) in Tampines Changkat has been organising a used clothing donation drive for needy families during the Hari Raya festive season. It began with a single mother of four approaching the RC manager for used baju kurungs...
by Abriel | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
On Friday, Hong Kong’s wealth gap was reported to be the highest in almost 50 years. Under the Chinese rule for nearly two decades, the high cost of living surpasses the average salaries of Hong Kong residents, resulting in cramped apartments with generations of...
by Christie Lee | Apr 4, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty, The Path Less Travelled
Operation Hope Foundation’s Robert Kee says it’s impossible to run a charity based on honesty, the system must instead prevent dishonesty. DONATING rice to a poor village is a kind, charitable act – until you find that what you thought was pure rice...
by Abriel | Feb 8, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
The concept of a home for a displaced person may vary. For some, it is not about “owning” a place of having a roof over their heads for the night. Instead, it is about having a place where they feel safe, in control and surrounded by people they get along with....
by Abriel | Jan 1, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
Despite the gloomy economic outlook, Giving.sg reported raising $5.5 million in the first three weeks of December, up from $5.1 million the previous year in 2015. Giving.sg is Singapore’s largest online donation portal, managed by National Volunteer and Philanthropy...
